Sean M. Walsh K-9 Memorial Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that raises funds to provide grants to law enforcement agencies to establish of maintain their K-9 teams.
Specialist Sean Walsh was a Military Police Soldier in the California National Guard, serving in Operation Enduring Freedom, when he was killed in action in the Khost Province of Afghanistan on November 16, 2011. Sean was focused on his goal to be a police officer. He was an Explorer Cadet with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department and the Santa Clara Police Department. Sean dreamed of returning from deployment to become a police officer, with the ultimate goal of having a K-9 partner.
SCPD participates in the Foundations annual Luau fundraiser.
SCPD was the recipient of the foundations first grant to purchase a K-9 . Since 2012, K9's Argo (Officer Gratny), Dex (Officer Shapiro), Ranger (Officer Estes), Brek (Officer Ogg), Ozzy (Officer Higgins), Maxx (Officer Rodriguez) have also been purchased through the Foundation for SCPD. Since 1994, additional K-9's have been purchased utilize grant, asset forfeiture and/or the department's operating funds (Andro, Officer Wagner; Mik, Officer Dixon; Ricky, Officer Fraser; Boris, Officer Bell; Ares, Officer Fitzgerald; Cezar, Officer Bell; Ciro, Officer Johnsen; Ivo, Officer Horn; Jax, Officer Crescini; Chip, Officer Ogg; Tank (Officer McColloch); Kairo, Officer Velasco).
